Development Practice

Quick Links

• BiggerPictureVideo. (2013). Learning graphic facilitation: 7 elements by Bigger Picture [Video]. (4:26 min.)
• Participatory Methods (PMs), a resource collection extracted from the work of the Participation, Power and Social Change group at the Institute of Development Studies, UK.

In-Depth

• Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of American Institute of Planners, 35(4), 216-224. (StFX only)
• The barefoot guide 4: Exploring the real work of social change. (2015). The Fourth Barefoot Guide Writer’s Collective.
• M & E Universe, developed by INTRAC to support development practitioners with monitoring and evaluation.

Case Studies

• Agwenjang, P., Landry, J., & Garbary, R. (2018). Engaging youth in municipal youth policy development (Santa, Northwest Cameroon).
• Akakpo, P. B., Landry, J., & Garbary, R. (2018). The Women’s Advisory Platform: Promoting gender-inclusive governance in Juaboso district (Ghana).
• Emiljanowicz, P. & Ibhawoh, B. (2017). Tradition, coalition building, and biological community protocols in land conflict disputes: The case of Tanchara, Ghana.
• Mathie, A., Alma, E., Lee, N., Peters, B., & von Lieres, B. (2017). Pathways towards political and economic agency: A synthesis of findings from five scoping studies (Innovations series no. 6). Coady Institute. (606K pdf)
• Pearson, L. & Crabtree, C. (2014). Case study 2: Enhancing resilience through cash transfers: Equity Bank and the Hunger Safety Net Programme in Northern Kenya. In Best practice case studies on private sector engagement in DRR: Undertaken as part of the FOREWARN Initiative (pp. 6-7). King’s College London. (2.38 Mb pdf)
• van Buuren, A., Landry, J., & Garbary, R. (2018). Seeking the meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities: The PATH process at L’Arche Antigonish (Nova Scotia).

Explore

Quick Links

• TEDGlobal. (2010). Eric Berlow: Simplifying complexity [Video]. (3:42 min.)
• Hutchinson, K. (2014). Systems thinking and evaluation [Video]. (5:11 min.)

In-Depth

• Hinton, R. & Groves, L. (2004). The complexity of inclusive aid. In Groves & Hinton (Eds.), Inclusive aid: Changing power and relationships in international development (pp. 3-21). Earthscan. Library has hard copy: 338.91 G919i.

Plan

Quick Links

• Brown, A.-M. (2017, July 27). Different software for developing and visualising theories of change [Blog post].
• Center for Theory of Change, free resources available.
• International Labour Organization. (2017). Decent work and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
• INTRAC. (2012). Theory of change: What’s it all about? ONTRAC, no. 51.
• Sustainable Human. (2014). How wolves change rivers [Video]. (4:33 min.)

In-Depth

• Hummelbrunner, R. & Jones, H. (2013). A guide for planning and strategy development in the face of complexity (ODI Background note).
• International Budget Partnership (IBP)
• Miller, C. & Haylock, L. (2014). Capturing changes in women’s lives: The experiences of Oxfam Canada in applying feminist evaluation principles to monitoring and evaluation practice. Gender and Development, 22(2), 291-310. (StFX only)
• O’Donnell, M. (2016). Adaptive management: What it means for CSOs. Bond.
• Participatory Budgeting Project is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget.
• Reisman, J., et al. (2004). Theory of change: A practical tool for action, results and learning. Organizational Research Services. (370K pdf)
• Vogel, I. (2012). Review of the use of ‘Theory of Change’ in international development: Review report. DFID. (8.49 Mb pdf)

Act

Quick Links

• Tamarack Institute, an institute for community engagement.
• Managing for Impact: Participatory, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation is a portal managed by the Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), Wageningen University and Research Centre.

In-Depth

• Jain, S. P. & Polman, W. (2003). A handbook for trainers on participatory local development: The Panchayati Raj model in India (2nd ed.). FAO.
• Shutt, C. (2016). Towards an alternative development management paradigm? Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA). (1.07 Mb pdf)

Reflect

Quick Links

• BetterEvaluation improves evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about methods, tools and approaches.
• Church, M. (2016). Doing things differently: Rethinking monitoring and evaluation to understand change. Saferworld.
• EvalPartners.org is a platform to share knowledge on monitoring and evaluation systems worldwide.
• Haddock, P. (2015). Monitoring and evaluating training: Challenges, opportunities and recommendations (Praxis paper 30). INTRAC.
• IDRC Panasia. (2008). Jess Dart: Most significant change, Part 1 [Video]. (10:15 min.)
• Kramer, M. & Kania, J. (2011). Collective impact. Video, article and webinar available.
• Monitoring and Evaluation News focuses on monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to social development.
• Outcome Mapping puts people at the center, defines outcomes as changes in behaviour, and helps measure contribution to change processes.

In-Depth

• Davies, R. & Dart, J. (2005). The ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC) technique: A guide to its use. CARE International.
• Monitoring and evaluation planning series, published by INTRAC.
• Garbutt, A. (2013). Monitoring and evaluation: A guide for small and diaspora NGOs.
• Rose, S. (2014). “More of an art than a science”: Challenges and solutions in monitoring and evaluating advocacy (M & E paper no. 8). INTRAC.
• Swaans, K., et al. (2013). A monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the performance of innovation platforms in the context of livestock value chains (Discussion paper no. 24). International Livestock Research Institute. (2.75 Mb pdf)

Exit Strategies

• Kloosterman, J., with Safier, C. (2014). Transformative leadership for women’s rights: An Oxfam guide: understanding how leadership can create sustainable change the promotes women’s rights and gender equality. Oxfam.
• Lewis, S., et al. (2017). What’s it like to be on the receiving end of exit? A partner and country office view. Bond. (935K pdf)
• Morris, L. (2015). Working at the sharp end of programme closure: EveryChild’s responsible exit principles (Praxis note no. 70). INTRAC. (577K pdf)

References

Quick Links

• Cane, P. M. (2005). CAPACITAR emergency response toolkit. (1.92 Mb pdf)
• Expandnet.net is a network of public health professionals and scientists scaling up successful health programs.
• Hayman, R. (2012). Aid withdrawal, partnership and CSO sustainability in a time of global economic change: background paper. INTRAC. (1.90 Mb pdf)

In-Depth

• Gardner, A., Greenblott, K., & Joubert, E. (2005). What we know about exit strategies: Practical guidance for developing exit strategies in the field: a product of the C-SAFE Regional Learning Spaces Initiative.
• Gender at Work. (2017). Gender at Work framework.
• Hartmann, A. & Linn, J. F. (2007). Scaling up: A path to effective development. IFPRI. (112K pdf)
• Lewis, S. (2016). Developing a timeline for exit strategies: Experiences from an Action Learning Set with the British Red Cross, EveryChild, Oxfam GB, Sightsavers and WWF-UK. INTRAC. (2.38 Mb pdf)